INTELLIGENT POWER TAP WITH ZONE CONTROL AND SAFETY ZONE CONTROL

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EP 3 273 564 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	25.04.2018 Bulletin 2018/17

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	24.01.2018 Bulletin 2018/04

(21)	Application number: 17178252.7

(22)	Date of filing: 28.06.2017

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H02J 1/08^(2006.01)
G05B 19/418^(2006.01)
G06F 13/36^(2006.01)

H02J 13/00^(2006.01)
G05B 19/042^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	BA ME
	Designated Validation States:
	MA MD

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Priority:

22.07.2016 US 201615217355

(71)	Applicant: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
	Mayfield Heights, OH 44124 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	HAENSGEN, Steven T. Mukwonago, WI 53204 (US) CASPERS, John P. Racine, WI 53402 (US)

(74)	Representative: Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB
	Leopoldstraße 4 80802 München 80802 München (DE)

(54)	INTELLIGENT POWER TAP WITH ZONE CONTROL AND SAFETY ZONE CONTROL

(57) Systems and methods for providing diagnostic information by an intelligent power tap is disclosed. The intelligent power tap includes a circuit board. The intelligent power tap includes a microcontroller disposed on the circuit board, where the microcontroller is configured to report the geographical location of the intelligent power tap. The intelligent power tap includes a physical layer network interface connected to the microcontroller and the physical network. The intelligent power tap includes a switch controlled by the microcontroller, where the switch is capable of shutting off a network power to be injected into the network system.

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